COMPOST BEDDED PACK BARNS FOR DAIRY CATTLE: BEDDING PERFORMANCE AND MASTITIS AS COMPARED TO SAND FREESTALLS
Lameness and mastitis are the two most costly diseases in the dairy industry. Reduction of these diseases through housing and management is beneficial. Compost bedded pack (CBP) and sand freestall barns were compared in a long-term, on-farm study to assess the effect of housing on each disease. Anot...
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UKnowledge
2014
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/animalsci_etds/43 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=animalsci_etds |